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Brian Wansink

Brian Wansink is Professor and Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. Prior to this 2007 to 2009 he was the Presidentially-appointed USDA Executive Director in charge of the US Dietary Guidelines. He was the ABC World News Person of the Week in 2008. His research on increasing and accelerating the consumer adoption of soy has been the focus of many articles and of the 2005 book, Marketing Nutrition: Soy, Functional Foods, Biotechnology, and Obesity, and he is owner of the trademark, "Illinois Soy." He is also author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, which has been published in 18 languages since 2007.

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2018 ACR/Sheth Foundation Dissertation Grants

Cross-Cultural and Public Purpose Consumer Research, submit proposals after June 18, 2018 but no later than July 20, 2018.  The purpose of these grants is to support the data collection efforts of new dissertations or those in the preliminary stages of development; awards are designed for dissertation projects initiated in academic year 2017-2018 and designed for completion in 2018-2019. This year the Sheth Foundation has kindly supported this initiative with a grant of $10,000, which will be used to fund between two and four doctoral research grants. June 7, 2018 / more »

Call for Nominations for ACR Fellows

ACR members are invited to send nominations for the Fellow in Consumer Behavior Award to the Fellows Nominating Committee. Deadline: August 1, 2018 June 6, 2018 / more »

2019 Asia Pacific ACR Conference - Call for Papers

Submissions accepted between May 1st 2018 and July 15th 2018 (23:59 hours IST)
CALL FOR PAPERS “CONSUMERS AND THEIR DATA” January 10-12, 2019 Ahmedabad, India April 16, 2018 / more »

Jacob (Jack) Jacoby

NYU Emeritus Professor Jacob (Jack) Jacoby passed away on March 19, 2018. 
April 3, 2018 / more »

The Remarkable Life of Sidney J. Levy

A great scholar and intellectual innovator; a poet and quintessential Renaissance man; and, most of all, a very caring and gentle human being
March 30, 2018 / more »

14th Conference on Gender, Marketing and Consumer Behavior

The Gender Marketing and Consumer Behavior conference is  a biennial conference on gender studies, welcoming contributions from any field. October 10-11, 2018, Hilton Anatole, Dallas, TX USA
March 28, 2018 / more »

REGISTER NOW - 2018 European ACR Conference - Ghent, Belgium

Register now and take advantage of the early bird fee (before may 21, 2018) http://www.eacr2018.be
March 27, 2018 / more »

JACR - Journal of the Association for Consumer Research

CONSUMER RESPONSE TO BIG INNOVATIONS  Issue Editors: Page Moreau and Stacy Wood
Call for Papers | Journal of the Association for Consumer Research | Volume 4, Issue 3 March 20, 2018 / more »

2018 ACR Conference Travel Stipend Grant

Needs-based travel stipends will be available to 20 meriting PhD students with an accepted competitive paper, working paper, special session, or film to the October 11-14, 2018 ACR Conference in Dallas ,TX. Application deadline: July 16, 2018  February 14, 2018 / more »

ACR SURVEY REPORT

Findings from the survey confirm that ACR is regarded as a global institution that has an important role to play in the professional development of its members and the advancement of the discipline of Marketing. February 5, 2018 / more »